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When Taekwondo Strikes (1973)

When Taekwondo Strikes (1973)

Action Drama
Release Date: 1973, September 9
Directors: Huang Feng
Countries: Hong Kong
Production: Orange Sky Golden Harvest, Orange Sky Golden Harvest
Cast: Hwang In-shik, Kam Shan, Peter Chan Lung, Yuen Biao, Lam Ching-Ying, Pan Yung-Sheng, Chin Chun, Chai Lam, King Lee King-Chu, Cheung Wing-Hon, Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, Hsu Hsia

Overview:

The story is about the Japanese occupation of Korea during World War II. A Korean patriot played by Carter Wong gets into a fight with some Japanese people and is chased into a church. The priest there is captured and tortured. Trying to secure his release, the leader of the resistance, Jhoon Rhee is himself captured and tortured by the Japanese. Carter Wong, Angela Mao and Anne Winton have to now try and rescue him. This leads to an explosive climax with the heroes having to fight the likes of Wong In Sik (Hwang In-Shik), Sammo Hung and Kenji Kazama.

Keywords:

martial arts resistance japanese occupation of korea